Posted on 09/26/2015 9:47:11 AM PDT by Kaslin
CHICAGO – An inmate who escaped from a high-rise federal jail in Chicago has an unusual theory on who's to blame: He says the government was negligent in enabling the breakout, so he sued for $10 million for damages.
The 7th U.S. Court of Appeals said in a Friday ruling that Jose Banks "gets credit for chutzpah." But a three-judge panel at the Chicago-based court tossed his 2014 lawsuit.
"No one has a personal right to be better guarded or more securely restrained, so as to be unable to commit a crime," the ruling said.
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Finally, some judges got it right.
My favorite definition of chutzpah: The Menendez brothers pleading for mercy from the court because now they are orphans.
You never know unless you try!
if this “prisoner” were otherwise elegible...the democrats could have a great POTUS candidate
Not totally satisfied with the ruling. For bringing the ridiculous suit, he should have been given the death penalty so we could all be done with him.
Well that would never happen.
That was many years ago, wasn’t it?
1990, I think.
how the heck did this civil suit get to an fed appeals court ?
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